The Keeper's Son
A Fiction, Historical, Audiobook book. Fun read. If it would've been written by someone else I would've only given this three stars. Since...
Haunted by inner demons, Josh Thurlow returns home to Killakeet Island to command a small Coast Guard patrol boat manned by a colorful crew of locals. Dominating the glorious beauty of the little island is the majestic Killakeet Lighthouse, kept for generations by the Thurlow family. Its presence is a continuous reminder to Josh of the mysterious loss of his baby brother at sea seventeen years before, a tragedy for which he was blamed. But Josh is convinced that his brother might still be alive and begins searching for him even after German U-boats arrive and soak the beaches with blood. Josh's quest puts him in the path of Otto Krebs-the most audacious of the U-boat commanders...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 448 pages
- ISBN: 9780312999490 / 312999496
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Fun read. If it would've been written by someone else I would've only given this three stars. Since it was written by a West Virginia boy, whose dad was a coal miner, I gave an extra star. What made this a more fun book to read was I finished it while over looking the Atlantic Ocean. Mr. Hickam includes some history about WWII that... If you've read Homer Hickam's trilogy about his days in Coalwood, West Virginia, you already know he can write. In The Keeper's Son he turns his talent to a tale that, although fiction, is firmly grounded in fact. The story is told from the perspectives of a U-boat commander, and the captain of a tiny Coast Guard patrol boat. It's about... This is a wonderful book, set on Kilakeet Island just after America entered into WWII with Germany. We follow the lives of Josh Trulow and his fellow islanders. Josh, the lightkeeper's son, left Kilakeet when he joined the Coast Guard, trying to find his way in life while dealing with the tragedy of losing his baby brother to the sea...
